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Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

rs an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole united armament of Greece." Glover.

ccount to faults; accusation. In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.

The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

cribe such a book to such an author. The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. Addison.

attering of a body with foul water; calumny. Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote. Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.

e or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.

n some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. -- Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard.

in part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

The things sold by auction or put up to auction. Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys Pope.

on can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."

The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.

The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.

The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

The whole body of barons or peers. The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet.